How J.J. Abrams Ruined Aaron Paul’s ‘Cloverfield’ Audition
“I’ve never given up in an audition. I fight to the end… I don’t want to waste your time” – Aaron Paul
Movie Review: ‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’
‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ is absurd, often hilarious and thankfully never takes its site off their intended mark, namely today’s pop stars.
Director James Vasquez Talks SDMT’s ‘42nd Street’, San Diego Theatre and His Worst Audition
Vasquez chats about ’42nd Street’, the San Diego theatre community, his time at Juilliard and one of his worst auditions.
Kirsten Dunst: Auditions are “the most stressful thing to me on the planet Earth”
Despite being a well-known actress with dozens of credits, Kristen Dunst tells Variety that she still thinks of auditions as “the most stressful thing to me on the planet Earth.” Most audiences first became familiar with Dunst after her appearance as the young vampire Claudia in 1994’s Interview with the
Jessie Mueller on Following up ‘Beautiful’ with ‘Waitress’: “I think early on I did feel little bit of pressure”
“I was taken with theater from the beginning, it was the coolest thing for me.” – Jessie Mueller
Sean Hayes on Why He Loves Theater and His Return to Broadway in ‘An Act of God’
“I think one of the worst mistakes an actor can make is run away from the role that made them beloved in the first place, that gave them an audience.” – Sean Hayes
Zachary Levi on Starring in Broadway’s ‘She Loves Me’: “Honestly, the biggest challenge is just my own brain”
“My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted to do was be an actor and an entertainer and make people happy and also feel like I belonged” – Zachary Levi
Ewan McGregor Talks Playing Jesus and the Devil in ‘Last Days in the Desert’
“I was just trying to play him like any other role, really. Who do I think he was? Who do I want him to be in this story?” – Ewan McGregor
Rose Byrne on Her First Audition, Broadway and the Science of Comedy
“I think comedy is very hard. It’s very scientific getting the beats of it” – Rose Byrne
Josh Gad Talks ‘Angry Birds’ and Voicing Animated Characters
“Animation is so liberating because you’re just left to your own voice and there’s nothing else you can fall back on” – Josh Gad
Cara Delevingne Had to Read a Scene from ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ for her ‘Suicide Squad’ Audition
“More is known about my life than the lives of the characters I play. My plan is to reverse that” – Cara Delevingne
Bryan Cranston: “From the age of 25, I became a working actor and never looked back”
“Heisenberg and Breaking Bad became this avalanche. And I had to step away from it so I didn’t get swallowed up by Walter White.” – Bryan Cranston
Russell Crowe Blasts Method Acting: “Seriously, it’s not that complicated”
“If you want to be an actor, work it out yourselves.” – Russell Crowe
‘UnREAL’ Casting Director Barbara Fiorentino: “Having that ability to weave comedy into drama is so specific, and a lot of people can’t do it”
“I kind of had a bee in my bonnet about air space being taken up by real people when there are wonderful actors out there who needed jobs” – Casting Director Barbara Fiorentino
The One Thing You Need To Know About Auditions
What did you bring to the audition that sets you apart? What did you do differently to everyone else who walked into the audition room that day?
Actor Enlists People on the Street to Help Him Improvise a Movie Trailer
The first half of the video is devoted to Walsh recruiting people for his project, while the second half shows the actual trailer.
‘Hamilton’ Star Leslie Odom, Jr.: “This is the show I was waiting for my whole life”
“There is a chance that this is the greatest role I might ever have in my life.” – Leslie Odom, Jr. While it’s fair that Lin-Manuel Miranda receives the lion’s share of the press for Hamilton — he is the writer and star behind the unprecedented Broadway musical — he
Gary Cole on ‘Veep,’ Improvising and His Early Career
“It was all like a dream. It didn’t make any sense to me, how I got there, but sometimes that’s the way that it goes.” – Gary Cole on getting cast in his first major TV role